Man gets 4 years in pot transport scheme

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison and must pay a $10,000 fine for his role in a scheme to fly thousands of pounds of marijuana from California to Ohio in suitcases.

Six people either have pleaded guilty or indicated that they'll plead guilty since authorities broke up the $3 million operation last year.

Christopher Cash, 33, was sentenced Friday. Cash was of Los Angeles at the time of his arrest and later lived in Louisville, Ky. He pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana.

Awaiting a July 29 sentencing is 44-year-old Frank Edwards, of Hacienda, Calif. He pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than 200 pounds of marijuana.

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